David stands up everywhere now. He still has to hold on to something, but I'm sure he'll be getting his balance fairly soon. He stood up at the fridge earlier today and was able to reach some of the pictures we have on it. Looks like we'll need to get him some of those alphabet magnets soon.

We need to be working on packing. We're moving in two weeks! We have so much to pack, and still a lot of painting to do at the Our Redeemer house we'll be living in (we decided it needed a new indoor paint job). The clock is ticking!!

David is cruising everywhere he can and pulling up on everything. He found the staircase yesterday and I let him climb up the first flight of stairs. I was worried he'd go for the DVD and CD towers and make a gigantic mess, but he wanted to keep climbing. I tried to teach him to go down the stairs but he didn't quite catch on.

He got into the trashcan by the toilet today while I was in the shower. He left tissues and toilet paper rolls all over the floor.

The video of David giving his Grandma Filipek a kiss is now on the video link!

We've been lazy and haven't put the newest videos of David up yet. Well, I can't really say we've been lazy, just busy with other things! I've finally gotten all my laundry and dishes done (though we all know those are never really done, since you don't stop wearing clothes or eating), and have straightened up the things that had piled up on the table and the couch. Adam's been extremely busy with VBS, writing sermons, and general Chester ministry things.

David is working on another tooth, so yesterday he had a 100 degree temperature, and he was very clingy, crabby and tired. It was a very rough afternoon and evening for me because Adam had left for the Southern Illinois district youth gathering. I spent the rest of the evening reading in the bathtub after I had put David to bed. Thursday night he woke up at 3am crying, so I went and nursed him after giving him Tylenol and laying back down for a little while, since he would not go right back to sleep. Then he woke up again crying for a few minutes at 5:30am after finally falling back to sleep around 3:45am. It does get very hot up in his room since the A/C doesn't travel up there very well, but I'm sure he was just feeling terrible from the tooth, since I'm pretty sure it's a canine or a bicuspid. He's still missing the two outer incisors on the bottom, but they don't all come in in order anyway! He'll have a total of 7 teeth once this one breaks through.

We're having a great time visiting the Filipek family in Olathe, KS. We wish we could take a longer vacation, but unfortunately everything must come to an end at some point. David only took about two days to get used to everyone, and he's having a great time with his grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousin.

David has started crawling more on his hands and knees than the army crawl. He has also started pulling up to stand, and is doing this often, though he's not very good at doing so against smooth objects like a wall. He needs something to grip. He has also started giving open-mouth baby kisses. He did this for the first time on Sunday morning at church. He pulled Becky's face to him and gave her a kiss. He has also kissed Grandma Filipek in this way, so he must think she's a pretty special lady!

Only one more week until we get to spend a week with the Filipek side of the family! We're very excited to go and visit Uncle Aaron, Aunt Amy, cousin Ella, and Grandpa & Grandma Filipek! Adam is really looking forward to a vacation because he's been very busy and needs time to let his brain recharge.

We're spending Sunday and Monday up in St. Louis. My brother Danny graduated from highschool and is having his open house Sunday evening, and we'll spend Memorial Day bumming around.

There are new videos of David that you can link to from the front page. It shows him crawling to get one of his toys. He pretty much crawls on his elbows and knees. There's also a video of him rolling a ball.

We have learned that we need to be very careful to not let little things fall on the floor without us knowing it. While I was brushing David's teeth the other night I found him sucking on one of Adam's sunflower seeds. Then yesterday, we were visiting a member of the church whose sister and brother-in-law were in town, and she wanted us to meet them. David was playing on the floor, and
Adam picked him up and put him on his lap, and we found a peanut in his mouth! They had eaten peanuts earlier that day. Thankfully he did not choke on either of those! Darn kid! ;)

David is starting to get the hang of the "army man" crawl. He'll get up on his hands and knees and rock a little, but if he wants to move forward he does it on his belly. He's got two more teeth on the top that are trying to find their way out, so he's been a little crabby. His room gets really hot, since the air circulation in our house is really bad for the second floor, so he's been fussy while he should be going to sleep. We've constantly got a fan going up there, and it helps to keep the air moving, but doesn't cool it off very much up there, unfortunately.